Universität Wien

Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)

2. Christianity

010007 VO Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium

010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches

010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - The second millenium of Christianity

020055 VO (MIXED) Introduction to Islam - History of Islam from Muhammad to the epoch of the Abbasides

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

060066 VO (REMOTE) Egyptian Religion

010088 VO African Religions

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)

2. Christianity

010116 VU [en] Religion in Contemporary Iran

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

010103 VU [en] Introducing Shinto

6. Historical Religions

010069 SE Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

010070 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions

010079 VO [en] (REMOTE) Religion and Globalisation

010087 VO [en] Religion and Sound Media: A Cultural History of Sense Perception

020022 VO (MIXED) Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

010085 SE Deity and Gender

010120 SE [en] Introduction to the Study of Mysticism

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

010077 SE Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

020039 UE Basic Questions of Religious Psychology - Ausgewählte Kapitel der Religionspsychologie

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

010067 VO Special Pastoral Theologies

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

010079 VO [en] (REMOTE) Religion and Globalisation

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

010087 VO [en] Religion and Sound Media: A Cultural History of Sense Perception

5. Anthropology of Religion

010087 VO [en] Religion and Sound Media: A Cultural History of Sense Perception

010088 VO African Religions

6. Philosophy of Religion

010092 VO Classical Writers of Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

010100 SE Working with Historical Sources in Religious Studies: Texts from Esotericism and Occultism

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

010085 SE Deity and Gender

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

010006 EX Excursion: The Land of the Bible

010057 EX Religion and Politics in Europe - Excursion Brussels

010073 EX Religion in Vienna

010080 SE Religion in Focus: Zen Buddhism (Rinzai)

010113 EX Excursion to Turkey: "Christianity and Liturgy in Asia Minor

020023 SE (KPH) Forschungswerkstatt zur empirischen Religionsforschung - Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘

Elective Modules (20 ECTS)

M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)

M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)

M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)

360015 PR [en] Research Seminar

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)

010007 VO Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium

010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches

010069 SE Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945

010073 EX Religion in Vienna

010079 VO [en] (REMOTE) Religion and Globalisation

010080 SE Religion in Focus: Zen Buddhism (Rinzai)

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

010088 VO African Religions

010103 VU [en] Introducing Shinto

010116 VU [en] Religion in Contemporary Iran

010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - The second millenium of Christianity

020055 VO (MIXED) Introduction to Islam - History of Islam from Muhammad to the epoch of the Abbasides

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

010070 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions

010079 VO [en] (REMOTE) Religion and Globalisation

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

010085 SE Deity and Gender

010087 VO [en] Religion and Sound Media: A Cultural History of Sense Perception

010120 SE [en] Introduction to the Study of Mysticism

020022 VO (MIXED) Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)

010073 EX Religion in Vienna

010077 SE Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

010069 SE Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945

010073 EX Religion in Vienna

010080 SE Religion in Focus: Zen Buddhism (Rinzai)

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

010103 VU [en] Introducing Shinto

010116 VU [en] Religion in Contemporary Iran

142077 PS Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

142165 PS Buddhist Life Forms in Tibet: Monastics, Lay Practitioners, Yogis and Yoginis

142169 PS Mantras: an introduction

150124 UE Economic Foundations of Religious Communities in Japan, Past and Present

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

010069 SE Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945

010077 SE Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

010081 SE "Indigenous" Religions in North America

010085 SE Deity and Gender

010120 SE [en] Introduction to the Study of Mysticism

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

010072 SE Christianity in Asia Minor: History, Churches and their Liturgies

010077 SE Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

010089 SE Eastern Catholic Churches Canon Law, Liturgy and Church Life

010097 SE Religion and Politics in Europe

020039 UE Basic Questions of Religious Psychology - Ausgewählte Kapitel der Religionspsychologie

030006 SE (REMOTE) Law of the Christian East - War and Peace from the point of view of Orthodoxy

142077 PS Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

142165 PS Buddhist Life Forms in Tibet: Monastics, Lay Practitioners, Yogis and Yoginis

142169 PS Mantras: an introduction

180206 KU Phenomenology of religion

180211 KU Wittgenstein on Religion

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

010100 SE Working with Historical Sources in Religious Studies: Texts from Esotericism and Occultism

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